TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Greetings Infomaniacs,

It is crazy to think about how many different languages there are in the world, as well as dialects. You may know a word by one meaning, but go somewhere else and it means something completely different.

Or, sometimes things get lost in translation, such as on these funny signs from around the world, courtesy of msn.com.

Warning: there are a couple of bad words so read with caution...and try not to laugh! Click here to view

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink."

HINT: (1903-1950), English novelist and journalist who wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism.


RANDOM TIDBITS
There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.

The most difficult language to learn is Basque, which is spoken in northwestern Spain and southwestern France. It is not related to any other language in the world. It has an extremely complicated word structure and vocabulary.

All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English.

The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.

More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

Many languages in Africa include a "click" sound that is pronounced at the same time as other sounds. You must learn these languages in childhood to do it properly.

(www.infoplease.com)


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink."

ANSWER: George Orwell.

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